People v. Parr

This is an appeál by the defendant, Richard Lynn Parr, from a judgment of conviction entered by the circuit court of Wabash County on a jury verdict of guilty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter and the sentence of three' to nine years’ imprisonment imposed thereunder.

On appeal the defendant contends: (1) that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) that the trial court erred in giving a non-IPI instruction on causation over the defendant’s objection; and (3) that the three-to nine-year sentence was excessive in view of the defendant’s record.

Addressing the first…